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Nino Martoglio
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1870–1921 · regista, sceneggiatore e scrittore italiano · Belpasso
Nino Martoglio was an Italian writer, publisher, journalist and producer of theatrical works. He wrote mostly in Sicilian and likewise, his theatrical works were mostly in Sicilian. He founded a theatre company in Catania in the early part of the 20th century. In the latter stages of his life he had some success as a film director.
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Martoglio is best remembered for crafting poems out of the everyday conversations of common people, as can be seen in this extract from the poem Briscula 'n Cumpagni
, which translates loosely as: a game of cards amongst friends (from around 1900):
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